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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Alcohol Consumption-MALES

Drinking alcohol in the past 30 days*

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  Total
Respond.^
YES NO
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,450 1,652 49.8 47.2-52.5 1,798 50.2 47.5-52.8
RACE
White 2,564 1,300 54.0 50.9-57.0 1,264 46.0 43.0-49.1
African American 598 238 41.9 36.0-48.0 360 58.1 52.0-64.0
Asian 26 4 14.4 3.1-47.0 22 85.6 53.0-96.9
Native American 81 25 29.3 13.2-53.2 56 70.7 46.8-86.8
Other Minorities 163 75 37.0 27.2-48.2 88 63.0 51.8-72.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 170 82 36.0 26.4-47.0 88 64.0 53.0-73.6
-English Speaking 54 29 33.9 18.1-54.4 25 66.1 45.6-81.9
-Spanish Speaking 116 53 36.6 25.4-49.5 63 63.4 50.5-74.6
Non-Hispanic 3,277 1,568 51.0 48.3-53.7 1,709 49.0 46.3-51.7
AGE
18-24 217 118 48.4 38.9-58.1 99 51.6 41.9-61.1
25-34 528 322 59.4 53.0-65.5 206 40.6 34.5-47.0
35-44 684 361 52.3 46.8-57.6 323 47.7 42.4-53.2
45-54 681 340 51.1 45.3-56.8 341 48.9 43.2-54.7
55-64 585 256 47.6 41.9-53.5 329 52.4 46.5-58.1
65-74 460 160 33.0 27.2-39.5 300 67.0 60.5-72.8
75+ 275 89 36.7 29.0-45.0 186 63.3 55.0-71.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 603 189 38.1 31.6-45.0 414 61.9 55.0-68.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,021 409 41.3 36.6-46.2 612 58.7 53.8-63.4
Some Post-H.S. 805 397 50.8 45.1-56.4 408 49.2 43.6-54.9
College Graduate 1,010 654 65.5 61.2-69.7 356 34.5 30.3-38.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 297 92 34.1 25.1-44.4 205 65.9 55.6-74.9
$15,000- 24,999 608 255 41.6 35.4-48.1 353 58.4 51.9-64.6
$25,000- 34,999 366 166 49.0 41.0-57.0 200 51.0 43.0-59.0
$35,000- 49,999 523 251 45.4 39.3-51.6 272 54.6 48.4-60.7
$50,000-74,999 435 238 50.0 42.9-57.2 197 50.0 42.8-57.1
$75,000+ 504 349 73.5 67.8-78.6 155 26.5 21.4-32.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 84 47.2 38.7-55.9 94 52.8 44.1-61.3
Guilford 164 83 50.3 41.4-59.2 81 49.7 40.8-58.6
Mecklenburg 168 107 63.7 54.0-72.5 61 36.3 27.5-46.0
Orange 169 110 55.8 43.9-67.0 59 44.2 33.0-56.1
Wake 175 104 56.9 47.8-65.5 71 43.1 34.5-52.2
Chatham/Lee 152 75 44.7 34.9-54.9 77 55.3 45.1-65.1
Nash/Wilson 140 58 38.2 29.2-48.0 82 61.8 52.0-70.8
Craven/Pamlico 169 82 50.5 41.5-59.4 87 49.5 40.6-58.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 161 64 37.5 29.1-46.8 97 62.5 53.2-70.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 167 73 46.0 36.1-56.2 94 54.0 43.8-63.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 176 68 42.5 29.8-56.2 108 57.5 43.8-70.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 162 78 48.0 30.3-66.2 84 52.0 33.8-69.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 172 63 35.5 27.6-44.3 109 64.5 55.7-72.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 125 47 34.0 24.8-44.7 78 66.0 55.3-75.2
Northeast NC I 142 58 36.3 26.6-47.3 84 63.7 52.7-73.4
Northeast NC II 185 85 49.5 40.9-58.1 100 50.5 41.9-59.1
Northeastern Partnership 327 143 45.3 38.4-52.3 184 54.7 47.7-61.6
Mountain AHEC 490 233 51.2 44.0-58.4 257 48.8 41.6-56.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,157 503 45.8 41.0-50.6 654 54.2 49.4-59.0
Piedmont 1,519 802 53.2 49.5-56.9 717 46.8 43.1-50.5
Western NC 774 347 44.7 38.9-50.6 427 55.3 49.4-61.1

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*Data in this table were derived from the first alcohol consumption question.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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